ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED???
Good Lord. What could be more distracting when one is trying to study for a final in a class on Roman urban life then fucking Gladiator being on TV? Honestly. What a cruel trick HBO is playing on me. Luckily I have all of tomorrow to study as well. If not, the only thing I would be able to recall would be inane details like "haha, the Romans never had stirrups!!"
Every time I watch this movie, though, I am thrilled to see Derek Jacobi. But then, I am always thrilled to see Derek Jacobi. I am not thrilled, however, with the shitty digital reconstructions of Rome.
I've never been to Italy, or Greece for that matter, but I can only assume it must be very warm there, or else the ancient peoples would have invented pants. I can't imagine going through life without pants. That, aside from the fact that I probably wouldn't have been a citizen and would have died of an infection in some horrible insula somewhere, is what flummoxes me when I imagine actually living in the ancient world.
A quick list:
Things I Would Possibly Like About the Ancient Western World:
1. bisexuality!!
2. garish paintings everywhere
3. weird, amoral religious practices
4. oration
Things I Would Possibly Dislike:
1. highly structured bisexuality/sexual life in general
2. no pants
3. the high likelihood of not being able to read and/or write
4. bloodsports
5. slavery
Every time I watch this movie, though, I am thrilled to see Derek Jacobi. But then, I am always thrilled to see Derek Jacobi. I am not thrilled, however, with the shitty digital reconstructions of Rome.
I've never been to Italy, or Greece for that matter, but I can only assume it must be very warm there, or else the ancient peoples would have invented pants. I can't imagine going through life without pants. That, aside from the fact that I probably wouldn't have been a citizen and would have died of an infection in some horrible insula somewhere, is what flummoxes me when I imagine actually living in the ancient world.
A quick list:
Things I Would Possibly Like About the Ancient Western World:
1. bisexuality!!
2. garish paintings everywhere
3. weird, amoral religious practices
4. oration
Things I Would Possibly Dislike:
1. highly structured bisexuality/sexual life in general
2. no pants
3. the high likelihood of not being able to read and/or write
4. bloodsports
5. slavery